New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-23
YACHTS SIORN OF BEAUTY.
WHITE WINGS FOLDED AND The HULLS AT
REST.

SLOOPS AND CUTTERS IN WINTER QUARTERS
WHERE THE NOTED VESSELS NOW ARE
To realize that the yachting season Is iaeed over
need but visit the liao OF docks extending along the
curvo OF the shore from South Brooklyn to Bay Ridge
In that line there less than 30 yachts of all lie
grecs laid up for the winter This number is being
added 10 daily. and before the envous winds OF
autumn have snatched the last russell Leaf
from the bending trees there viii not
be left n single yacht in those waters in commission
The general public apt TO only side OF the mat
tiers which their interest is spa'modicaly and tempo
rariy absorbed and that is a rule the outside When
the heavy curtain descends the glitter Of the stage and
the last Of tho musicians tucks his hdde under lis arm
and disappears into the little doorway below the feo
lights the audience seeks the bright and busy street IT
does wait until the gilt of the boxes is shrouded in
dingy cloth and prossc wOrkmen In usan tramp heayi-
Nv among the scenery OF the Gorgeous Home of Besu
IT," or whatever 1t may be- making all snug for tho
night And when the chill weather comes, and they
gather around the stove, how many people cast a
thought the swift and graceful little vessels that
they eagerly watched Swimming the summer seas
But If ono really wishes to know what yacht
looks like when laid up" he must 90 to such place as
Tcbos dock at South Brooklyn And what is she Ike
Miss Beauy In morning wrapper with her hair in curl
papers is stripped OF all that goes to enhance her
charms Hulk. maiamast bowsprit; that IL all that Is
left OF her. and she IS swahed and bandaged like an old
woman with the toothache The sentaen,a st will be
dsssatc helpless, lonely, and li'cles. Tho
mawklsn poet, who spreads himself through
six months and over much foolscap on the subject OF
SNOWY piuons.' etc, will experience pang Of revn
sion OF feeling. If cherished corn were trampled
upon. Forenoon beauty daylight stage shows ana via
terrible yachts subjects to be avoided in poetry
They are subjects after tho heart OF only the reals and
the .augune fellow who believes that his genius fig
varAt and Of trnth there are certain OF the Boston
br.fl lreu of ia
apoihcosis o. Beans!
PUTTING THE BOATS IN WINTER TRIM.
But this is practical ard when the time OF tho
sailing Of yachts over the question that naturally is OF
most Importance TO their owners Is how to take care OF
them during tho severe To leave as
little as possible OF what IS liable to injury
exposed is what is aimed at. aud when the
yacht Is towed reluctantly iato the dock after her
lessy stripped left hands OF the dsckkeeper
The tOpmast IA housed the sale are removed the steer
IN wheel II taken away bodily aud all these as well Us
many other odds ami ends well as the small boats are
put ashore and locked up In storehonse. Then tho
cred with and frequently the bare spars arc
similarly clothed steam yacht IS dlsman,ed 10 tne
cred with canvas rs tho MAHOGANY
When I'm winter dress the singlesticser- look perhaps
ers that public interest has centred OF late influenced ~
International and other great IN which these
appearance relieved by two looks dreary
tho single stckcr. which by her meamorphos' Is re-
duced IN appearance almost 20 the plcbean level OF
fishing cobc. She IL certainly brought To resemble the
general style Of the primeva boat chunk OF WOOD ana
pole Rut Appearances are deceittul ana me tc-
mcnlous capabilities that lie In that lnuoccnt hull when
il is Burgess model. would cause the pumeyAI boat
builder 10 raise a hue and cry OF "wichcrau
Some yaehtoWucrs adopt more elaborate method OF
shelteliug their craft 1hoy build structure OF wood
resembling little frame houss right over the deck so
that an below ~ kept safe and sound. ms mo e. II
mo-c thorough than tho other Is more cumpron'' us
also moro expensive FOR canvas suit once made VIII
last for several winters, and the wooden shelter house
has TO he sody built Anew each year ana Tor thssS r'
tftaaN Al rtfaf lll I. Ia
WHERE THE rAvoEIrEs ARE LYING.
Where then are the seasons favorites. the yachts
whose movements and dolng have been Carefully enron
iccd day after day The worlds Champion the
Volunteer. il home at BOSTON, the defeated
Thistle and tho defeated Galatea are on the
high seas. also homcwarl-bound The Maviower
lie. at Pert Jefferson the Puritan at New Bedford and
m. Atlantic in the Atlantic club Basin al Bay Ridge
The sloan Shamrock rests in Mumm's Basin ami her
rival the TItaria. Is inactive az city Island me Two
schooner ocean both ut south hrookYn thc
Dauntlcss at olom's yards and the Coroet al the on
Docks at Twenty sevcnthst AZ Iebos DOCK mere -
quite host. Among them are the steam yachts Electra
1,nnS, ~ ," iora. ts scaoouers Brnnhde NIonauk
Flcstwng and Hhron. and the sloor. BERTHE aad no.
The soop Mischief at l.p the sloop Mystery Az tne
schooner Nqrma ana rnns i. nSnvy 6S and
equipped cruising and she mas Dce All AROUND
yic"ed tho globe with hor The Fanta Mamms
basin along with the soops Avalon, CRUSADER Enter
pl-e. Venture Vixen Anaeonda TIC scHoEosr yIni,
i'm The Cornthian Basin at Tonpkinsve, the great cut
(. he duuartsrs where assembled Tor the Winter
,any notable examples OF tins style or yacht Inc
yawis Nsspa riel and Cvthera arc also there.
In the moro crowded docks the yachts are nun |
dad like flock of Wild ducks IN mere
some lie costly close To tho side OF the per INC
ma iority rub shoulders with eshOor on cacn siuo.
OF them will be ovcrhaulsd before next season VIZ
some alterations already being made lho sto"cl
stranger nj Tchos il having her buwark torn OUT 10 10
iced with betr r ones The shamrock following the
example of the victorious Volunteer anu nor $40 four
srns in sntrapg ballast her heel Is having our
If laalr
sFAMEN SCATTERED UNTIL SPRING.
The great army OF skilled seamcn VINO manned tne S'
is dsbandcd and members scattered TO the fonr "l
excoptin the cases where the sailing master mas peeA
retained "a stay by his boat during the winter IN s
ropry the sailors generally eagagsd Tor tHe se"son
and do not sign any contract for hummer VI
,hev do in britain They therefore here psrsuraS,
" n 4. sae 10 say that OF them want for whter
vnrk some 20 aii short cOasng cruises; Tue s"es
are aura TO find "ioD about the DOCKS OF III M, NC
multfarsus departments or marine lhuustI1. ino
shinners as rule rest on their laurels anu pteP"'o
n Themselves 10 add to them next year ,,.. ,oo
he rho middle OF March. II winter does not hsor W.
i.ng h.re will he signs Of activity on the yachts ohce
. "A orkm,n will swarm about their decks nnooslh;
a.. unsiohtIy banlagcs, completing tholr peu'III,i
A. md getting them into sailing oricr anu i"u
io or thsy will spread their white wings Win pi'us anu
but critics oil spring
HOW DR. WESTON WOULD HAtE fholh'lNDH1A
The sudden death of the Rev Dr: "esaoni Hv an
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